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apr 1, 1841 - Poe Invented The Detective Story

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April 1841: Poe published “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” in Graham's Magazine. This story was the first example of the “detective” trope. Famous literary detectives like Sherlock Holmes or Nancy Drew are literary descendants of Poe’s detective C. Auguste Dupin.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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apr 1, 1841
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